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UK Retail Sales 18 February 2022

UK Retail Sales 18 February 2022: 1.9% for January 2022, above the 1% forecast and against -4% in December 2021 (first reported as -3.7%). It is the highest reading since April 2021. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 18 Feb 2022 at 07:00 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Office for National Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
1.9%
January 2022
Forecast
1%
The market consensus
Previous
-4%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A reading above forecast would usually support sterling by pointing to stronger household demand. The reaction is generally modest, but can be larger if the increase is broad-based or materially changes the growth outlook.

UK Retail Sales 18 February 2022: 1.9% for January 2022 against a 1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Feb 2022Jan1.9%1%-4%
21 Jan 2022Dec-3.7%-0.6%1%
17 Dec 2021Nov1.4%0.8%1.1%
19 Nov 2021Oct0.8%0.5%0%
22 Oct 2021Sep-0.2%0.5%-0.6%
17 Sep 2021Aug-0.9%0.5%-2.8%
20 Aug 2021Jul-2.5%0.4%0.2%
23 Jul 2021Jun0.5%0.4%-1.3%
18 Jun 2021May-1.4%1.6%9.2%
21 May 2021Apr9.2%4.5%5.1%
23 Apr 2021Mar5.4%1.5%2.2%
26 Mar 2021Feb2.1%2.1%-8.2%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 21 January 2022The release after:UK Retail Sales 25 March 2022UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar